Rev. ed. of: Strategic staffing : a practical toolkit for workforce planning. c2002.

Includes index.

An overview of this book -- What is strategic staffing, anyway? -- How should you begin? -- Placing strategic staffing/workforce planning in a new context -- Designing your strategic staffing/workforce planning process -- Strategic staffing/workforce planning at 30,000 feet -- Defining required staffing levels -- Defining staffing requirements where plans are uncertain -- A staffing model example -- Effective strategic staffing/workforce planning : case studies and examples -- Implementing your process effectively -- Placing strategic staffing/workforce planning within your business context -- Engaging and involving managers in strategic staffing -- Developing a strategic staffing/workforce planning web site -- Supporting strategic staffing/workforce planning : HR structure and required skills -- Getting started : conducting a one-day "kickoff" session -- Using workforce planning to define the impact of retirements on your workforce -- Using workforce planning to support management succession and development planning -- "Talent planning" : the key to effective talent management -- Structuring strategic workforce planning to support common business initiatives -- Defining staffing reductions in a strategic context -- Measuring staffing effectiveness and efficiency -- Calculating staffing costs and evaluating staffing options.

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Co-published with SHRM. Many organizations understand the benefits of a longer-term approach to staffing: reduced turnover and hiring costs, improved efficiency and morale, and ultimately greater profits. Unfortunately, traditional approaches to strategic staffing are often more effective on paper than in the workplace. Strategic Staffing: Second Edition shows how to identify staffing needs and opportunities through qualitative and quantitative measures, and presents several effective, nontraditional approaches to strategic staffing. Bechet includes factors as diverse as promotions, retirements, "decruiting" (the active management of staff out of an organization), termination, and even retention. Featuring full case studies and dozens of examples, the book is both enlightening and practical. And to help readers create their own staffing plans, the companion site has holds a trove of invaluable tools, including: • PowerPoint(TM) slide presentations • Customizable Excel(TM) spreadsheets * Assessment and evaluation forms • Calculations and analyses • Sample staffing plans, and much more. Integrating a strategic approach to staffing can result in reduced turnover and hiring costs, improved efficiency and morale, and ultimately greater profits. This book is a detailed, process-oriented guide that offers all the tools staffing professionals need.